Great idea for a book and really well executed. A thoroughly good read. Highly recommended. .

This is quite good to teach children the difference between nouns and pronouns. Emma is really upset as she has scored an F on the last test she did so she needs help in learning what they are so she can improve her grades next time. A good way of learning and some nice images.

I enjoyed this cute book "Emma has a Dilemma." As a homeschool mom, I am always looking for ways to make learning fun and enjoyable to our school time. My kids have a fairly good grasp on nouns and pronouns from their grammar curriculum, but this is a fun reinforcement book. I wouldn't choose this book to stand alone in teaching nouns and pronouns as a parent or as a teacher. It was a little cheesy and the "tricks" of learning were basically just rhyming definitions, but would be okay if your children learn best this way. I personally prefer for my kids/students to just know the definitions. I may use this with my younger kiddos who enjoy something a little sillier.

Thanks to my friends at NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

This was a cute little book. Emma has a dilemma. She doesn't understand English so this little wizard comes out of the bushes and tells her that she's already speaking English. Emma is scared of what's going to happen when her parents see her test, so the wizard boy decides he's going to help her. He begins to teach her the difference between nouns and pronouns. Emma starts to feel better as she realizes that she does, in fact, know English!

This book was a bit above our age group, but still a cute read. To me, it seemed a bit more like a learning book than a kid's story book. I think it's one we will definitely come back to as the kids grow older and start learning about things like nouns and pronouns.

This book wasn’t really my thing. The pictures were okay and the concept was good, but I felt the text was contrite and stale.

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Adorable book about a sweet little girl stressing over an F that she received because she struggles telling nouns and pronouns apart. Wizard Jake shows up and gives her a few tips - and THEY RHYME lol. Great illustrations, cute story and a little education thrown in for good measure!

I received an ARC of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

I found this book cute but I have to admit I didn't love it. The cover and other illustrations were great, and I liked the premise. However, the rhymes seemed forced at times and did not add to the reader's understanding. I think more could have been done to clarify the difference between nouns and pronouns, perhaps with examples and comparisons that were illustrated in the same cute drawing style. Overall, meh.

Thanks to NetGalley for providing a free digital version of this book. All opinions are my own.

As an early childhood educator, I always try to introduce a new concept or topic with literature. I also look for books with characters that reflect the world with text that uses academic vocabulary without being preachy. The premise of this book was a good idea, nouns and pronouns are confusing. However, this book was confusing as well and did little to SHOW kids nouns and pronouns.
Emma made an F on her grammar test and is convinced she will never learn the difference between nouns and pronouns. Never fear! Jake the wizard comes to the rescue with some "tricks" to help her remember the rules. But, the "tricks" are just rhymed into a definition.
The rhyming is stilted, the two characters. Emma and Jake are both very white and the difference between nouns and pronouns isn't taught, but only stated-- "strictly: I, you, he, she, it, they, you,
( in the plural), they ( in the plural)."
Skip this one as a teaching tool and stick with Ruth Heller.

I had high hopes for this book from the description, but I was disappointed when I read it. The illustrations are cute and would definitely appeal to children, but I doubt most would have a better understanding of nouns and pronouns after reading it. I think the use of rhyme got in the way of explaining the concept. This is not a book I would use in a classroom.

I like the idea behind this book - simple teachings on basic rules of grammar, suited to young readers. However, I was immediately put off by some of the casual slang-type text. One such example, 'Emma isn't buying'. As a stand-alone sentence, I think this is awful - what does it actually mean?! It's almost as though it's a phrase used simple because it rhymes with the rest of the paragraph.

The book does well to set out the rules of nouns and pronouns, but the format feels rushed and with the rhymes, the text feels as though it should naturally read fast and with a rhythm, when actually the content needs to be digested slowly to be fully understood. I'd say this is a great concept, but the delivery didn't really work.

It’s such a super cute story idea , my Little one really enjoyed this book. I think it’s age appropriate and definitely grasping young kids attention. Thank you NetGallery for providing me with the advance copy of this book

This story tries to hard. Emma’s dilemma is that she got an F on the english grammar test. She doesn't know her nouns from her pronouns. The book sets out to teach this lesson. I say the story tries to hard because it goes out of it’s way to rhyme and have a cadence, but uses upper level vocabulary, and still doesn’t always succeed. I like the effort and would love to see the next book in the series. This could go somewhere, this one just fell flat.

Making quite a visual with blonde sausage curls, overalls, and a bratty face, Emma has a breakdown at getting an F over not knowing the difference between nouns and pronouns. By the looks of her stern parents, she has reason to fear. Luckily there’s a grammar fairy to teach her on a magical chalkboard, all done in rhyme.
This is the first book by a mother/daughter combo intent on a series about teaching grammar. It’s a little fanciful and the rhymes are sometimes forced, but overall it seems like a better way of learning this subject than the usual stodgy version.

Little Emma is nervous about her test results, no one likes an F, but what is she to do she didn’t want her parents seeing the F and getting mad at her, so what else can she do?. Now this little wizard living in their garden had the right way of doing things he simply became her tutor and what a teacher he turned out to be. A highly educative and immensely entertaining way of learning, I had as much fun as Emma relearning my nouns and pronouns, like I said before very educative, interesting and totally fun, the illustrations are vibrant and eye-catching and most of all I like the quirkiness of the book, a fun book to get for your kids, you won’t regret it.

Poor Emma is in meltdown mode because she receives her first ever "F" on a grammar test. The test is on nouns and pronouns and she fails it miserably. Her parents will not be happy and she certainly isn't either with that low grade. What is she to do? She just doesn't get it.

Magically Wizard Jake appears to her and takes matters into his capable hands. He brilliantly starts to school Emma on the proper use of a noun and a pronoun and luckily she is very smart and grasps what he is teaching her lickity-split.

Can she go to her teacher now that she understands and request a make-up test to raise her score or will her plea be refused and she will be left with that wretched "F" on her school record forever?

I am sure this is a book that school-aged kids can totally relate to. This mother/daughter duo has made these concepts both educational and highly entertaining. The illustrations are crisp, expressive and poignant. Being an educator myself I would have been very proud to include this book in my classroom when I was an elementary school teacher, in my school library when I was a librarian, and as one who would recommend it to my staff and parents when I was an acting principal.

The book is written in understandable language and the illustrations enrich the concepts greatly. I did have trouble with the rhyming component as I found it awkward and forced. Personally I feel it would have been better to leave that aspect out.

All-in-all "Emma has a Dilemma!" is a very good alternative to a boring lesson scratched out on the chalkboard regarding nouns and pronouns.

I did not quite like the build up and introduction of characters, however its a good concept to teach kids nouns and pronouns

Learning children, and very often adults too, about different part of grammar is very challenging, but this book make a step forward by creating a readable, easy children story about nouns and pronouns and many more. Although the illustrations are very basic, the rhymes are written in a very funny, attractive way, while still bringing some drops of knowledge to the little reader. Recommended especially to those children and their parents fighting hard to figure out what this grammar is all about.

Really cute illustrations, and I love that Wizard Jake helps Emma learn about grammar! However, the whole thing is written in this really awkward rhyming scheme that has a super weird rhythm and is just awful. Would definitely be better if it was just straight prose of Jake helping Emma understand where she went wrong with her English test.

A big thank you to NetGalley for the ARC. I am voluntarily reviewing this book. I found this to be cute, but several forced rhymes were odd. The concept of conquering fear and being overwhelmed were good. Overall I rate it a 3.5. I think most children would like it.